Paul Wright Hired to Develop Live Programming at Plimsoll Productions

Plimsoll Productions, part of ITV Studios, has hired executive producer Paul Wright, who will develop live programming across all genres, including adventure, factual entertainment, and natural history.

Wright most recently worked on “Skyscraper Live with Alex Honnold,” Plimsoll’s live Netflix event in which free solo climber Alex Honnold scaled one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers in Taipei, Taiwan before a global audience.

A Royal Television Society and Rose d’Or-winner, Wright has over 25 years of experience as an executive producer and showrunner. Some of his credits include “Bigheads,” “The Million Pound Cube,” “Sounds Like Friday Night,” “Pride of Britain,” “Comic Relief’s Big Chat with Graham Norton,” “US Sing On! with Titus Burgess,” “US Lingo with RuPaul” and the “Laureus World Sport Awards.” He also produced “Comedy Map of Britain” and multiple FIFA World Cups, the Athens Olympics and “Match of the Day” for BBC.

“Live television is where I live and breathe, and ‘Skyscraper Live’ showed me that Plimsoll is the perfect home for that ambition,” Wright said in a statement. “The talent here is extraordinary, and the canvas is as wide as it gets.”

“’Skyscraper Live’ was the most demanding live production we’ve ever made, and Paul rose to every challenge it presented,” said James Smith, head of adventure and live at Plimsoll. “As we continue to invest creatively across our live slate, Paul’s range across genres, editorial judgment, and ability to perform under real-time pressure make him exactly the right person for this moment.”

Plimsoll recently earned six Emmy Awards for “A Real Bug’s Life” (available on Disney+/National Geographic) and is currently in production on “Surviving Pompeii with Tom Hiddleston” (also for Disney+/National Geographic), in addition to several unannounced live projects in development and production.